ISBN: 9780217942027

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have oc… Mehr…

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Books Biography & Autobiography~~Historical Life-and-Times-of-Benjamin-Franklin~~Joseph-Franklin General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. ' I HE Reformation in the West was somewhat difler- -- cut from that of Eastern Ohio and Western Virginia and that of Central Kentucky. It was in some degree a compound of the two. There ran forth from the hills of Brooke county, Virginia, a stream of very pure and living water, which flowed to the westward with a very steady, gentle, and gradually increasing flood. There came up from the South another stream, not quite so clear and pure, but with a more impetuous current and a much more rapidly increasing flood, which flowed Northward until the two united and formed a grand river of the water of life. This enlarged stream we call the Reforma- ation in the West. The Campbells were at first so sanguine as to suppose that their plea would only need to be presented in order to be accepted by all religious people. Especially did they expect all Baptists to fall in with it at once. So different from this was the fact, that in a short time they settled down in the Mahoning Association to edify the Disciples of that Association as best they could, and scarcely made any effort to proselyte or even to carry their views beyond these narrow limits. But such a light could not be hid under a bushel. By a circumstance trivial in itself, but such a circumstance as in the providence of God is usually made to bring about grand results, the churches of the Mahoning Association were transformed in a few months and filled with a great zeal to evangelize the world. The church at Braceville, one of the churches of the Association, sent up the following request: " We wish that the Association maytake into serious consideration the peculiar situation of the churches of this Association, and if it would be a possible thing for an evangelical preacher to be employed to travel and teach a...<

ISBN: 0217942024

ISBN: 0217942024